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Members of the Africa Christian Professionals Forum (ACPF) have condemned what they describe as the continued persecution of Christians in Nigeria and urged the Federal Government to take decisive action to protect affected communities.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher decried that attacks on Christians have intensified in recent years and accused the international community of “turning a blind eye.”
UK-based human rights foundation, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, has condemned the 30 December 2024 attack on a church belonging to the Sudanese Church of Christ (SCOC) in the country’s Gezira State reportedly by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that left at least 14 people seriously injured.
Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of Nigeria warned that if greater action is not taken he believes the Christian population could disappear entirely in the next few decades.
Following Nigerian media reports over the weekend that a Catholic bishop had been summoned for questioning by a state security agency, the bishop in question says he is "fine" and that "the matter [has] actually passed."
A Nigerian Catholic bishop has challenged the United States Secretary of State to justify his decision to remove Nigeria from a persecution watchlist, saying that he has witnessed firsthand the brutal ongoing persecution against Christians in Africa’s most populous nation.
Multiple African nations have been listed among those countries across the globe “where it costs the most to be a Christian.”